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Tf .i-.nATFiELDg `or WARSA'W, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 73,00-1-dpated January?, 1868. l

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that LT. J-I-IATFIELD, of Warsaw, in the county of Koseiusko, and inthe State ot' Indiana, have invented an Improved Vegetable-Cutter; and I-do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof,ireference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective representation of my invention.

Figure 2., a'longitudinal sectional elevation of the cutting-device.

The nature .of my invention consists in the use of a stationary box for holding vegetables to be out, and a follower, attached to a spring-lever, and arranged to force the vegetables downward asfast as cut; and, further, in thense of adjustable knives, attached to.v a reciprocating bed, operated by crank-pitman and pulleys.

In order to give a correct understanding of myv invention, I have marked corresponding parts with similar letters, and will now give a detailed description. v

l A A represent asubStantaI'frame, made ofwood oriron, which supports the various parts of my invention. D is the box, made of wood, and arranged to hold such an amount of vegetables as deemed most convenient, and is ixed to the frame AAdii-ectly over the bed B; and for the convenience of holding the vegetables down upon the cutters, I 2 3 a follower, E, is hung to a spring-lever,'0,attached to a stationary standard, C, arranged for the purpose. `By this means the vegetables can be held in a compressed stato when being cut7 andthefollower E removed from-box D without the necessity of raising it out by force, as springlever oA is fully suilicient for the purpose.

The cutting-devices -are the most important part of my invention, and are as follows :v A bed-piece, B, isl

made to slide on rods F, shown .at figs'. 1 and 2, (or tongues, if more desirable,)by means of pitman P, crank Q, and gearing H G'. This bed-piece B has openings through it, as seen by dotted lines l 5 6 7, for thesliced vegetables to pass through, and fall down into any'conveni'ent receptacle, placed under frame A A, and has also two metallic plates, B B', embedded in it, near its sides, for the purpose of. supporting the knives 1 2 3, rigidly attached to said plates, and arranged to be raised or lowered, as the case may require, for cutting different-sized slices, by means. of common set-screws, X, put through the bed B, and i`nto said plates. This is a simple arrangement, yet important for the purpose designed; for if the cutters or knives A1 2 3 cannot be set to cut different thicknesses, 'they would notlvanswer a' general p urpose. y'

The operation is simple, oo nsisting'in raising the knives l 23 to cut slices of the thickness desired, after which the box D can be filled, and its contents held in place byfollowcr E and lever o. 'The motion is given to bed-piece B by means of ,crank W. l v

v Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim ise The combination of the reciprocating bed B, adjustable knives l- 2 3, plates B B', arranged with sot-screws X X, box D, follower E, and spring-lever o, substantially as-and for the purpose herein set forth.

T. J. HATFIELD.

Witnesses JAS. NoQUET', A. HAYWARD. 

